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I was put on Lipitor over a year ago. I began having memory prob...

Posted at 1:35 AM on Apr 11, 2007 by fan463, #20932
I was put on Lipitor over a year ago. I began having memory problems last Sept. and even asked for an Alzheimer's test. Thing got worse, I now have constant pins and needles in my middle and ring finger of my right hand. My hands ache all the time, and I am constantly on pain killers for the severe pain in my shoulders, thighs and lower legs and my feet. I have also developed the shuffling walk, and sometimes I cannot decide which foot to put forward first, which is as I understand it a sign of Parkinson's. Today I saw a Neuropath specialist he used a machine which gave me little electric shocks, I will not learn the results of this test until I go back and see the specialist who has diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia. I am also severely depressed mostly because I stopped taking the Lipitor several weeks ago and I am getting worse not better. I feel about 30 years older than my age of 65. I printed out some of the material I found on the net about the dangers of Statins and gave it to one of my doctors, but so far none of them acknowledge that Statins are responsible. Oh yes and my memory is still as bad. I am seriously thinking of making arrangements for my funeral. When I refused to take Lipitor the doctor tried to prescribe a different drug but the pharmacist told me that it has the same effects as Statins, so refused to take the prescription. I have already started taking CoQ10 and Vitamin C.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Sep 03, 2007 by drjsc, #1534

You sound a lot like my mother, who is 88.
I wrote a paper about 4 days ago that you might be interested in reading.
It is on the web at:
http://www.theamericangeek.com/medicalproblemsaresimple
You might also be very interested in reading both of these:
http://radio.weblogs.com/0108814/stories/2002/06/25/doctorsVsGeeks.html
AND:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/20838.php
on type 3 diabetes.

If any of these help you, please let me know and... pass them on.

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